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Home-speaking :: Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced..

Effectively :: Effectively (adv.) With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Muster :: Muster (v. t.) The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.

Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts..

Efficacious :: Efficacious (n.) Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law..

Efficiently :: Efficiently (adv.) With effect; effectively.

Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

Awkward :: Awkward (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy..

Effectiveness :: Effectiveness (n.) The quality of being effective.

Effective :: Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.

Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.

Ineffective :: Ineffective (a.) Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal..

Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..

Noneffective :: Noneffective (a.) Not fit or available for duty.

Effective :: Effective (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe..

Ineffectiveness :: Ineffectiveness (n.) Quality of being ineffective.

Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..

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